Central Park Five Prosecutor Resigns From Boards Amid Netflix Series Backlash | TODAY

Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein has resigned from organizations amid new backlash over her role in the Central Park Five case. The case, involving five black and Latino men wrongfully convicted for the rape of a white woman, is retold in the Netflix miniseries, "When They See Us.” NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY.
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Central Park Five Prosecutor Resigns From Boards Amid Netflix Series Backlash | TODAY

[@klutzycutie]

I think all her past cases need to be re opened and examined. What if there are other innocent people in jail because of her?

[@britt7223]

Exactly! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@gregorywilbourn7729]

KNOW THERE IS !!! It's the secret war against black youth and black people in general. That all the elected Officials do as Criminals with Badges.

[@dalrekantarah]

There’s a few cases that were shady i looked them up she was a piece of work

[@LA-ot1zt]

I never even thought of this!

[@johnmilangi7530]

klutzycutie I’m sure there are. She’s so heartless and unethical. She’s a witch.

[@HatersHaveOpinion1]

Calling Them Men When They Were Kids SMH. She Needs To Be Locked Up So She Can Feel What They Felt

[@KhaledTheSaudiHawkII]

In infirmary, not in solitary confinement.

[@RaymondBrown-xw4cj]

Only white underage kids are called "teens", in the eyes of media. The police treat black 8 year olds like adults and put them in handcuffs. The media also handcuffs underage black boys by referring to them as "men."

[@babyjo315]

@@RaymondBrown-xw4cj she called them animals.

[@amgfresh154]

jojobaby 2223 and super predators too

[@HatersHaveOpinion1]

@@amgfresh154 I still hate Hillary Clinton til this day!

[@yque4733]

"Young Men"??? THEY.WERE.CHILDREN!!!!!

[@gerrigerri7564]

White ppl have had pleasure calling BLACK MEN boy for ever now this is a case where they had real "BOYS" that were treated wrong by them so to make it seem like they didn't abuse children they are using "YOUNG MEN" TO (PROGRAM) THE MASSES THINKING" PPL!!!! They are men now but 30yrs ago "THEY WERE BOYS!!!!"

[@browhat1223]

14-16 it isn’t fair on them tbh

[@ucanthandledatruth01]

They use the term young men to cover this out of its rightful context and proves even this coverage supports the format of racial oppression or the tactics of racial oppression.

[@TheMohan1986]

Chapelle called it years back when he wasn't a corporate turkey. How old is 15 really?

[@surladanse5621]

@@gerrigerri7564 I didn't understand what happened

[@seanharper8788]

I don't understand why they are not going back over all her cases to see if she has done this to others at the very least.

[@MoesTube1]

@Sean Harper I just read an article today stating that there are protests demanding that her cases be reviewed. The problem is that there were so many people involved in this injustice it'll be like hunting down Nazis that lived out very comfortable lives in South America after sending people to the ovens. The people involved in the Central Park Five case advanced their careers off of it and profited from it. I think they should sue her for the book money she's made over the years.

[@seanharper8788]

MoesTube1 that makes sense, it's a hard pill to swallow but I understand how complex it would be. But your right they should sue for the money she has made over the years as some form of compensation and punishment for the wicked acts she carried out. They also need a new way to review lawyers and police officers, and not let them investigate themselves. Yes, they will be scandal after scandal and a lot of firings, but only then will the people have faith in the system again and the evil ones rooted out.

[@pameladouglas4289]

They more than likely will.

[@yuothineyesasian]

Because she is right and they did it.

[@a.i.dimmer4616]

shes a demon

[@crystaledwards6610]

What makes this more sadder is that even though this took place over 25 years ago, this is still taking place today.

[@isabellac5669]

I thought about this sad truth watching it all unfold!

[@kellygoodman6167]

Yes

[@crystaledwards6610]

@@kellygoodman6167 It's really scary. I have a son and it's sad that I have to explain to him that he can't mess up. I don't want him to be oblivious to the fact that he is a black man.

[@LisaMarie51968]

I’m sure she’s done this to many black and brown people!! She’s disgusting!!

[@harunhernandez]

Do you know anyone personally who was FALSELY accused of a crime? The system is fair, but corruption can occur anywhere. Corruption in America is less than in a lot of other countries anyway

[@jayejustj7955]

Let's just say it's safe to say if you the city of New York had to award 41 million dollars to 5 people "CLEARLY" there was some wrongdoing...... Simple

[@alievansphotography4780]

Exactly, there is no way they would shell out a settlement of that magnitude if there wasn't.

[@nickelwindow53]

And they black too 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@tiffanycarroll2256]

We need a bill for lawsuits won against the police to come out of the police pension instead of tax payers. If anybody else cost their job millions they would be fired, charged, and ordered to pay something if not all back.

[@manishent2]

#BIGFACTS

[@PharoahTheGoldX]

coptic777 that makes no sense the victim cannot remember the crime. How could finding the person who matches the DNA evidence of your case be considered any kind of conspiracy that’s called closed case. Cue the Law & Order SVU Music*

[@dawnwanjiku7862]

So thankful to Netflix for exposing and educating me on this story and so glad to see some action being done for the better

[@mikeescril6897]

Why don't you actually look at the REAL evidence Dawn, instead of a FICTIONAL movie ? These thugs are guilty.

[@Zucchinna]

Mike Escril the real criminal was found, he confessed. The exonerated 5 are innocent

[@savannah8696]

Mike Escril what is wrong with you ,you prolly a white anyways

[@dawnwanjiku7862]

Mike Escril i actually did my research after I was introduced to the story by Netflix. Everything on that show was backed up and they even left out more gruesome details.... maybe YOU need to look at the facts before trying to look educated on a topic you obviously have no knowledge of.

[@glittermunchies]

@@mikeescril6897 lol u STUPID stupid, huh😂😂😂

[@lizliz7919]

I can’t believe it took me the netflix series to hear about this. this is just so sad.

[@derrickandrews6407]

Its still happen. It just don't make the news.support these online channels. They put it out there

[@hawraas.algarabi7419]

Liz Liz same here

[@a.i.dimmer4616]

i thought its a so so series but watched it and cried over it,those kids' lives were ruined..i hope the prosecutor involved and the police get jail time for this.

[@muffetnellon]

Wait to you find out how many Wars your country have started and how many people have been killed.

[@ashleyalkire216]

Just say youre a POS without saying it and mostly likely NOT black. ​@halColombo

[@cj8803]

She knows what she did, we know what she did, and the Central Park Five knows what she did. THEY WERE INNOCENT! She just wanted to hurry up and close the case, EVEN THOUGH no DNA evidence was found. She deserves the worst karma. Let God handle her.

[@okydokes]

D Clark after the justice system is done with her first

[@manman5801]

@@okydokes I can relate to what D clark stated. Billions of injustices went unpunished by human's court. But God never misses anything. Those who seemed to get away, yet not repented, were spared for unimaginable return after their death. And we all know based on what have been told by religions, that punishments....rrrr....too painful and everlasting to think of.

[@bigblack7x3]

@loopzoop god doesn't work quick enough tbh

[@dennischristopher9952]

Lol God isn't real. People need to handle her

[@ladysekhmetretrns1491]

Plea bargons happen every day ...this case on steroids

[@sahirygnobehi6448]

SO.. ARE THE COPS WHO QUESTIONED THESE BOYS BE GIVEN THE SAME TREATMENTS. SHE CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE PUNISHED. PUNISH EVERYONE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE JUDGE AND JURY.

[@Legend354.]

They have a interview on vlad tv

[@sahirygnobehi6448]

@@Legend354. .. Not from the cops. . They OUGHT to be exposed. LIVING or dead. Expose all of them. I have tried to get their names. It's not easy. Wish someone would blast all these men.

[@msztax]

No, but I'm sure we will be hearing about them soon. They all need to be held accountable. Fired with no pensions, jail time will do me just fine. I was the same age as these boys when this happened. Sickening and disgusting! Vile...

[@sahirygnobehi6448]

@@msztax .. I have been trying to dig their names. It hasn't been easy. Seems the people in charge made sure to hid those files.

[@msztax]

@@sahirygnobehi6448 they have a documentary Central Park 5 on 20/20 ID. The lead detective of the case was on there talking about the incident leading up to their arrest. Although he stated they were guilty. You can tell his conscious has gotten the best of him.

[@kinisha5021]

I cried so much watching this show it really made me feel for them. They where just kids

[@muchicream7611]

Cheeseburger and Sprite ikr 😥

[@jilliandawnmanalastas2892]

Same

[@aleshawilliams6438]

Cheeseburger and Sprite right ! But God saw them through 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@sagariopaulino2331]

She is a racist

[@a.i.dimmer4616]

cried too,cant imagine how can someone do this to young kids..life taken away just like that,i hope nobody publish her anymore..they should make her pay for all of her wrongdoings to those 5 kids.

[@jasminesiggers6594]

They should cancel her books as well! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@richardpotter6313]

Take her proceeds and give it to the boys.

[@chaaaargh]

I hope they stop selling those books

[@w9s992]

spiffy. No one is going to buy it anyways

[@w9s992]

spiffy. But I hope too

[@conz8084]

I'm glad Netflix exposed her. Now go after the ditectives.

[@nikkirose4124]

The documentary was directed by Ava Duvernay. Linda Fairstein was exposed in the actual documentary by Ken Burns and his daughter. Watch that one also. The doc. Has the actual characters

[@zxcccccc1]

Yes the women are losing some privileges, which they should but go after those crooked cops.

[@shahzaibahmed.]

Z Was women are not losing privileges

[@freddyd17]

@@nikkirose4124 Whats the name of the doc Rashi?

[@shahzaibahmed.]

Mohanraj Jk how it is the most realistic show which depicts what happened

[@Dvco33333]

This was outright child abuse at the highest levels by our own government....that witch should lose everything monetary in her possession.

[@slee-choi3826]

The crazy thing is, the actress who portrayed her, Felicity Huffman, will probably receive more punishment over the college bribery scandal than this wretched Fairstein woman who destroyed young kids' lives as well as their families.

[@Mankind-ik4ie]

And she should be locked up for decades

[@plethoracipher7638]

Fact

[@boojank]

jill scottman you clearly missed the point of her comment.

[@rd4454]

D best and trump is keeping it going.

[@dap2604]

Give her death penalty and other cops involved ASAP and trump!!

[@DannyITM]

Dont give them death penalty. It is not better than they are. Put them in jail forever, make them give them money, and review thier other cases

[@Disneyfan82]

@@DannyITM They deserve a fate worse than death that's for sure.

[@a.i.dimmer4616]

i never hated trumph like i do now.

[@frenchy2047]

Reggie Cooper what about Reyes from the Central Park five who’s seaman was recovered from the scene oh yeah Netflix’s left that out

[@artoflove777]

God, thank you for using Ava DuVernay to bring exposure to this ugly situation.

[@deeh5557]

You MUST also be Thankful to Ken Burns Sarah Burns Al Sharpton & the other Activist that was in the neighborhood at that time!!! Please Remember the Others that came along before Ava Duvernay! Just Thank Them ALL....

[@imam314]

God is always here ..use everyone .. And let the lier suffering ..we love you god for the truth comilg out..🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@robertpolanco1973]

@@imam314 With all due respect, THERE IS NO "GOD" and RELIGION IS A MENTAL DISORDER!

[@Mia-hw3hr]

White is always right. Black and you're always wrong. When They See Us was a perfect title for this movie.

[@MarS-un4cx]

osuagwu os 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@matthewcooper412]

True

[@jeffrey7737]

*black and brown you're always always wrong

[@kimilaadubois9416]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Mia-hw3hr]

@@jeffrey7737Nope. Just black people are always wrong. It was instilled in the minds of white Americans centuries ago to never believe black people. The country is fighting Donald Trump for the rights of Brown people. Black people are the only race that is currently considered minorities in this country.

[@1scubas2]

WOOOW, this lady said, "Netflix and the producers should feel ashamed by their irresponsibility in failing to properly research."....How could she not see the irony in that statement??

[@annmariebusu9924]

Steven Sturgis 😅🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️

[@autumn5852]

It’s crazy, you can hardly believe she even said this 🤦🏽‍♀️ but, she’s talking about a movie - where is her responsibility to the actual boys/now men and countless other innocent people. This whole thing is bigger than her, she was told to do this but what kind of piece of **** does this?

[@soylentcompany5235]

Wow thats a crazy statement tbh

[@brandominoeffect]

That’s what her attorney said

[@mildmayheadless5217]

You can't be serious. The Netflix doc is full of flaws. It's actually sad that people believe a Netflix series over actual facts and evidence.

[@staceyangelaapprovedtelevi6350]

Sick racist woman. Thank youuu Ava Duvernay.

[@mariahidalgo9505]

Can’t believe she’s finally getting backlash. Long overdue

[@immortalboi3910]

Thank you Netflix for shining light on the problems us blacks and Hispanic kids go thru on the daily basis

[@janderson947]

True we thunk both ava is amazing and Netflix is as well for presenting it......

[@BigOso203]

True ..... they didn't have to pick this documentary up, I'm sure a lot refused to touch it.

[@janderson947]

@@Solopolo_5645 preach.

[@terryharris367]

immortal boi what’s a Hispanic?

[@supiebadazz3120]

Preach!!

[@GodBeastX]

"There has been no finding of wrongdoing or unprofessional behavior by any of the prosecutors involved." That's funny to me. They didn't find any wrongdoing on the five and that didn't stop them from putting them in jail! Hypocrisy.

[@TheDarkGBJ]

That's not true. Everyone is conveniently forgetting what they were doing in the park at 9 p.m. to begin with

[@yumeN0dengon]

@G B - Going to the park doesn't constitute wrongdoing, even at 9 pm, and at this point the likelihood that they committed the crimes they were convicted for is basically zero. So what isn't true about the OP's statement?

[@adi-qf2wb]

@@TheDarkGBJ so 9pm is the witching hour? please dont reproduce

[@kennethrobinson1316]

I know it’s just sickening the level of lies, hypocrisy and evil from people especially privileged people in power. How someone sleeps at night after committing atrocities like this I will never understand . These are the same prosecutors that will shamelessly argue for someone poor that shop lifted or did something petty to be incarcerated. I really don’t think there is true law and order justice anywhere in the world it’s all been a scam all along and they are finally getting exposed

[@TheDarkGBJ]

@Leighade - they admitted to doing what's called "wildin" at the park. Did you do any research on this case?

[@NicoleC007]

Good! She also needs to be prosecuted along with the officers, prosecutor and judge who were over this case!!

[@NYC1370]

man if I had to spend years in prison for something I didn't do I would have so much rage in me FTW 😠

[@tjbjjtkd]

30 years later and still no real apology, instead they continue to deny! I hope karma catches up with them!😡

[@kennethrobinson1316]

Karma will nobody escapes it. Any karmic debt owed will always be paid for. Natural and spiritual laws don’t have respect for anybody. If you plant corn u reap corn, we all come in naked in the world we are all leaving with nothing but our deeds and impact on others, if you go to roof and jump you will come crashing down. Gravity Doesn’t care if your black, white, rich poor. Certain things are just facts. Might not be today, even same year but eventually if we don’t genuinely change that karmic debt is going to come due.

[@frenchweewee4444]

@@kennethrobinson1316 FACTS! Could not have said it better!

[@BType13X2]

@MrGreyjeep I think you should correct that to Law Enforcement in general. Cops latch onto a stupid hunch and refuse to let go of it even if all the damning evidence is saying the opposite. There is a huge racial element to this as well, not gonna say there isn't, but the other key problem is Cops doing people dirty. Like say you get arrested for something you didn't do cops on the way to the station will talk loudly about the circumstances of the case, "I can't believe someone would shoot someone with a harpoon." you get there you're questioned and you say, "I didn't shoot no one, I don't even know where to get a harpoon." next thing you know the cops are like, "Who mentioned that the murder weapon was a harpoon." And conveniently every conversation that is normally recorded in a police cruiser has issues with the tape and you just named the murder weapon. Congrats you just got screwed by the cops. Number one lesson I learned from all this stuff never talk to the cops period, your only answer should be Lawyer now. I should say, up here in Canada there is no doubt an issue with racism, just not the extent of the united states. I don't even know how you'd begin to address the institutional racism at every single level.

[@nataliebarnwell7583]

Right Karma sharpen your nails and then...come forth

[@DTG_LOCKETT]

Carma doing it's job. She got dropped by her publisher and one of the policeman just died from a terminal illness. Both just days after the Netflix special

[@swirlcrop]

LINDA FAIRSTEIN SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR WHAT SHE DID TO THOSE BOYS:

[@sylviaeglo6803]

swirlcrop amen to that and then she should pay the city and those men $41 milllion.

[@swirlcrop]

@@sylviaeglo6803 Agreed. LINDA FAIRSTEIN IS A MONSTER.

[@swirlcrop]

@Zurround100 I completely agree but she should also lose her freedom. This is blatant corruption and predatory behavior against the innocent.

[@swirlcrop]

@Zurround100 Me too.

[@willbrown2215]

I believe the jury should apologize looking at those types you can tell did they was course and if anyone is his fault is the whole society who believes in the police is always right just go do your time and Court everything will turn out right beliefs

[@thepearlswirl]

Sooooo we’re not gonna keep the same energy with Trump, huh? CAN ANYONE APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY?! GOOD LORD.. 🙄

[@generalblade7504]

White people don't believe in apologies, they are too self-entitled.

[@sarabrant723]

@@generalblade7504 it's funny because Donald Trump didn't take money from Linda Hillary Clinton took money from Linda for her campaign Obama and Hillary had lunch with linda. Joe Biden wanted 53 crimes to be punishable by death his 1994 crime Bill disproportionately targeted the black community up until his 1994 crime Bill there were no mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses but because of Joe Biden the black community had millions of people taken and put in for-profit prisons for nonviolent drug offenses with mandatory minimum sentences some including life if it was a conspiracy charge. But you guys want to bring Donald Trump into this? Donald Trump's first stop second Chance act program let thousands of black men out of prison Obama talked about it but Donald Trump didn't. I don't see Joe Biden or Kamala Harris letting anybody out of prison. It has nothing to do with white people apologizing it's the fact that none of the people Republican or Democrat will apologize for anything. The 1994 crineville ravished the black community and other communities that are minority. they took men away from children fathers away from their children mothers away from their children children away from their parents young men and women felt like they had to go and join a gang and sell drugs and commit crime to make money to support the family because they had no other recourse to get money because they're not offered the same opportunities as everybody else is. They had to make money to help support their families because their mothers or fathers are in prison with mandatory minimum sentences or they're targeted by the police because of the 1994 crime bill. That 1994 crime bill made police radical the stop and frisk that Rudy Giuliani put into place that Joe Biden backed and thought was a good idea Hillary Clinton called black men super predators Joe Biden didn't want black children to be on the same bus as white children. Kamala Harris actually called him out during a presidential debate about bussing. Now I voted for Hillary it wasn't until I started doing my own research after she lost and I started hearing all the stuff coming out that it really made me sick as to what the Democrats have done. I don't see anybody getting out of prison or saying that Joe Biden is doing anything to help anyone in the black community get out of prison. Actually Kamala Harris made her career I'm putting black men in prison actually she put them in prison for marijuana and non-violent drug offenses when she was the attorney general even when she knew somebody wasn't guilty she still didn't want them to get out of prison. Maybe you should go look up some of the stuff that I'm saying and maybe your opinion would change about some of the people that you guys support. Yes back in the day he wanted the death penalty to come back but Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama supported her they supported what she did they supported her after Hillary Clinton supported her throughout her career. The Biden Crandall the 1994 crime bill made mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses like I said conspiracy was punishable by life in prison. It's absolutely disgusting that anybody wants to act like Donald Trump is the problem when he was a businessman he wasn't a politician Hillary Clinton when she was the Secretary of State could have made changes Joe Biden had eight years to make changes Obama had 8 years to make changes actually Biden had 47 years plus the years that he was the vice president and now to make changes and they made no changes to the system. But Donald Trump made the first step second chance at maybe you should look that up and see how many people have been helped and run out of prison because of that and maybe your views would change on who really cares about the black community.

[@pattersonellen]

Doesnt Trump keep insisting they are guilty too? Google it.

[@pattersonellen]

@sarahbrant. Go back to Russia

[@ViralVideos-fd7dr]

Resignation isn't enough She deserve much more 💔

[@carlottawalker6185]

I am baffled by Mr. Vance's reasoning. If you falsely convict someone by coercion and that person was later exonerated how is it that there was no wrong doing. So what was the 41 million dollars for

[@itswhatever_sarai2504]

Exactly

[@darnylgaming4377]

Carlotta Walker they gave them $41 million so they can keep quiet and let the whole situation be swept under the rug

[@carlottawalker6185]

@@darnylgaming4377 Well obviously i did not work because it is being talked about now more than ever. I cannot bear to watch these videos because they hurt too much and i can imagine what it has done to those young men, but i wish them well.

[@rubyreduxx]

That’s how these people work, sweep everything understand the rug and pay people off so they don’t have to suffer the consequences

[@zrex808]

Pretty smug that Mr Vance. Admits no responsibility for eroding public confidence one dirty deed at a time.

[@exploregreer1048]

Karma is for EVERYONE!!!

[@domgayle7436]

Karma Is For EVERYONE.....!

[@domgayle7436]

✅❎💯

[@craigwiggins8287]

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

[@95Charlie]

@ Explore Greer: She's probably thinking why me, not thinking about what she has done in the past.. Karma is real..

[@enuphsayd9746]

If ill karma doesn't affect those that were involved, including the judge and juries, their offsprings or their loved ones will pay for their misdeeds.

[@ESPDaniella]

It amazes me just how POWERFUL film and social media can be. Exposing and ending people's careers and lifestyles. Amazing

[@MeditatenRelax]

I concur with you. They created this technology why not use it to our ability to expose them.

[@mildmayheadless5217]

Amazes me how it can be used to twist the facts on a case with open files for people to read. Double edged sword

[@lillyjohnson488]

Shawty is pressed ppl are finally finding out the truth and can’t take the same heat that these innocent men faced and may I add even worse treatment

[@shaunadillon9600]

Boys

[@lillyjohnson488]

Shauna Dillon yeth!!

[@farrahkhalid9138]

Lilly Johnson this is a good point.

[@queenhiphop1002]

Lilly Johnson we been knew the truth

[@carlottawalker6185]

Crime novels being written by a criminal

[@steelcastle5616]

Ever heard of the movie/book Goodfellas?

[@frenchweewee4444]

RIGHT, GO FIGURE!

[@monamarie1984]

Wait Netflix and the director are doing the pubic a disservice? Lol.. But not this chick who wrongfully convicted these innocent kids? 🙄 Please boycott this chick.

[@cookiesandrainbows3322]

Her and everyone one who was on this case should be in prison I hope karma gets them

[@Mister006]

"We've investigated ourselves, and found no wrongdoing or unprofessional behavior by any of the prosecutors involved." You do know that if that was the TRUTH, then the CONVICTIONS wouldn't require to be VACATED. I really don't understand how they continue to maintain their sickness - she's already had another high-profile case overturned.

[@yumeN0dengon]

Miscarriage of justice doesn't imply any wrongdoing on anybody's part. Your logic is flawed. And please note that this is all I'm saying here. I am not saying there was no wrongdoing in this particular case, just that wrongdoing cannot be established on the sole basis that convictions that were found to be wrongful have been vacated.

[@yamelperez1045]

Exactly my thought. I've never seen a company audit itself.

[@GeneralBulldog54]

Uh huh. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes/who watches the watchers? We've investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing. If the investigators are crooked, so too was their investigation.

[@christinagriffin7788]

I feel bad that those boys had to spend thier childhood in prison and jail #LOCKUPLINDA

[@NYKID10014]

They did it!

[@lesleenbarbour-jack6136]

@@NYKID10014 your father did.

[@kbjones8713]

SEAN ok Trump, we know this is your comment.

[@xerolimitation3156]

As Vegeta said "Not Enough Not Enough." She needs to go to prison.

[@jujubees711]

Everyone involved in the case responsible for putting them behind bars should give them an apology.

[@merryxmaswarisover]

Shameful what this woman, Lederer and the NYPD involved did to these kids. Justice needs to be had with them.

[@ZandeKongo]

To quote the great M'Onique" when you do clownery, the clown comes back to bite".

[@angeltrine3934]

Huh. Ain't that right

[@Cosmic_Soul]

Why the investigators and prosecutors who are still alive not being prosecuted for serving gross injustice? They must serve time!

[@sunshinerae1450]

I can't help but Wonder how many other ppl are innocently sitting in jail behind this evil vicious woman 😈😈👿

[@belindanelson9308]

She needs to be in jail along with several others involved in this case

[@sundiatamali8220]

That'll never happen. She was right in the eyes of the law and her community. It's designed that way

[@macabbott9162]

Adaryll Kelly Joe Biden? You mean Donald Trump with his ads asking for the death penalty of five innocent children! You must be Russian?

[@frenchfryfrenchie5402]

Still hundreds of black people sitting in jail for years decades till this day from injustice but yet its a thing of the past right ?

[@charx9149]

💯#FreeMartise95

[@beamersbeamer6514]

FrenchFry Frenchie there are hundreds of black/brown people sitting in rikers for years just waiting for a trial

[@Isa-ih5qo]

I spoke to my sons 1 is 18 the other 21. I told my son if for any reason a cop stops you brings you in to the station please dont ever say ANYTHING AND ASK TO CALL ME ASK FOR A LAWYER

[@JMBBrasil]

The prosecutors and the detectives need to be held accountable too!

[@TheThunderSound]

Writing books and making up stories about people seems to be her strong point. This type of feminism is detrimental to black men.

[@msztax]

Cashing checks on a lie. She needs to be thrown under the jail. And all proceeds going to the boys and their families and children.

[@TheThunderSound]

@@msztax I have no problem with things going like that

[@kellygoodman6167]

Yes

[@ducklingscap897]

This has nothing to do with feminism. What is wrong with you?

[@printezstroman]

@banderson4315 Stop right there, I don't see a white man among those 5.

[@rawrbro69]

I truly believe Eva did her research to do this movie

[@BUTLER18]

rawrbro69 she did she said in a recent interview she started on The project in 2015 she researched everything including the documentary that came out a while back. All 5 men said the movie is spot on with what they went through so it’s definitely true to its core. I’m glad the story was told.

[@breannedixon9712]

Its Ava. Not that it matters though. And I agree

[@okydokes]

Breanne Dixon it does matter it’s her name! Don’t discredit her 🙄

[@breannedixon9712]

Jay Rodae You’re right, I just was trying not to be too rude to the poster lol.

[@ayeyou5651]

She also worked with the 5 men... they also worked with actors, was at the table readings and on set. If you research the case, reading transcripts and watching the videos... you'll see that all she is did was create a reenactment of what happened, not a version of the story.

[@bigchief4007]

How can she be prosecuted for her crimes? We need justice

[@ladybeast11]

SHE NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL! IMMEDIATELY!

[@rawrbro69]

Oh this rich white lady is about to cry in her mansion

[@duck5336]

If they don’t raid that dumb hoe like she deserves.

[@wiltuhoward8164]

Yep

[@redblkgirl99]

@bailey1950 she isn't having nightmares she has slept well knowing she put innocent people behind bars cause she doesn't have a conscience. You can believe they weren't the only people she put behind bars knowingly just because of hatred in her heart

[@lodewijk7211]

These boys' youth were taken away by this women something you can never buy

[@ayaniiglam]

The fact that she’s not facing any consequences speaks volume

[@evy8582]

I couldn’t even get through the first episode it hurt to much watching those kids who had to go through that. I can’t imagine how they felt.

[@MemoryChronicles]

So we need to cancel her lawyer too. If the city pays out 41million dollars it means there was wrongdoing. They say it’s cheaper to payout suits but if there was no wrongdoing why didn’t the city prove that? 👀🤷🏾‍♀️

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

Fairstein thinks it's better to double-down on her past errors, then to admit she was wrong.

[@alloutbrawlentertainment5968]

She's White What Do You Expect? All They Do Is Lie. They Ain't Got No Shame In It.

[@ddcork82]

Sounds just like someone that lives in the WH...

[@ddcork82]

@keykey.cutie - Why not? He did the exact same thing she did. He doubled down on saying they were guilty. Even spent $85,000 on ads stating they were guilty and also saying bring back the death penalty. So why not go there?

[@aaam8999]

She would admit she was wrong if she just made a mistake or something... But she was actively trying to destroy those kids lives. She's evil.

[@lesleymorley7126]

No words can explain how I feel about her and others that helped put these kids away.

[@silent6607]

so Netflix and Ms. DuVernay are “ Doing terrible disservice to the public, and should be ashamed by their irresponsibility in FAILING to PROPERLY RESEARCH the film and effectively COMPROMISING ITS ACCURACY” She FAILED to do her research properly and accurately on the poor young kids case and she has d nerves to say that? What a disgrace of a human being.

[@alisaoliver1969]

You know what....paying $41m is a whole lot for "no wrongdoing". Wow...just..wow.😝

[@BType13X2]

Not nearly enough, needs to be 10M a year for each person in prison, and the prosecution/police who acted in bad faith should also face prison time.

[@chrisneal2109]

That's nothing, you can't put a price on the time they lost and damage done to the families.

[@vincents1912]

right

[@glittermunchies]

@@chrisneal2109 honestly

[@StarDarkAshes]

BType13X2 They need to be compensated like 400 million. If they hadn't been locked up they could have started a company like Facebook or Google but their young momentum can never be returned. 41 million? That's chump change.

[@jjones0822]

Boys...they were boys, not men. When this injustice was perpetrated against them

[@manman5801]

American children seems to be far matured then their age due to the environmental exposure in many areas. And crime actually has no age limit. So does injustice. But sadly injustice in America is very racial, skin color, religion and economic status bias. How

[@deeh5557]

ALL that was Involved with Robbing those Children of THEIR Lives Need to Go Too JAIL Now! (🤔 How CAN We Make That Happen 🤔 ) They ALL Abused Those Children & Obliterated them! They will NEVER be the same nor will they ever get back ALL that they lost, Including Family TIME..... WE as a People, Can't Ever Allow any organization to Ever Get Away with this again! WE- MUST Thank Al Sharpton, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, & Ava Duvernay for spending the time to get this out their! But we NEED to Spread these kind of inhumane documentaries about the Injustice that goes on in our government & in our country! Don't EVER forget Ken and Sarah Burns the father & daughter TEAM that did the Book & the Documentary prior to Ava Duvernay's "When They See Us" Hey You ALL, We NEED to Have Conversations about THIS movie "WHEN THEY SEE US", It's well Overdue about "The Central Park Five" 😭 Please Commit On This small clip & Google "The Central Park Five" to See More Information about The Grave Injustice that was committed against Children Single-Moms Families & their Community 😢 😭 Speak-Up Speak-Out TEXT Email & Use Your Other Platforms to Spread The Word about Our Plight across the WORLD!!! We Are Long Overdue for OUR 20-Acres & a Mule! As-Well WE Are Still Paying a Higher Price FOR The Color of OUR Skins! We ARE Victims of Circumstances, Fears, Backgrounds, Jim-Crow, Our Communities, Self, Heads-Of-Office, Our Fellow Human-Beings & Our Government!!! Watch "Central Park Five Prosecutor Resigns From Boards Amid Netflix Series Backlash | TODAY" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2Ksi4dthMaNjMk We In Florida, Did NOT Know WHO ALL too Hate for Drilling Stilling Killing & Obliterating THIS Particular Set of YOUNG Children/Teens! We didn't know the FULL story of ANY of The Central Park Five! I remembered a bit of it back then, But I didn't have enough of it at that particular time! It was partly up to the Media the Department-Insiders the Whistleblowers the Community, The Leaders & The MORAL Compass of EVERYONE that was on/In The Inside of THE True-Store! WE as People MUST Remember that a "Bit Of Injustice Anywhere is a BIG Piece Of Injustice Everywhere"! This kind of things HURT'S Everyone & Sets us ALL Up for More Injustice of Our Brown-People! WE-Matter, We Can't keep on being anyone's Punching-Bag nor Escape-Goat.... My Heart goes out to ALL of them, But even more so Kory because he WASN'T even in the park..... But YET, He got The Worst of It ALL 🤔 HOW 🤔 "Wake-Up My People" 🤤 Wake-Up

[@imlegit8325]

Smh. I hate that we live in a time where it’s guilty before freedom

[@zf6873]

Netflix should do a documentary on Linda Fairstein. This seems like the only way to get people to react & act on the movement towards justice for everyone innocent that she has wronged.

[@annb5610]

Who are the male detective that railroaded these boys!?.... We want names

[@nikkirose4124]

Nugent is one of the detectives. Watch the Ken Burns documentary

[@alexandradillard2077]

@@nikkirose4124 Is it on Netflix?

[@lovelee8260]

Everyone who was involved in the investigation needs to go to jail!

[@grandmak9013]

Bingo

[@deeh5557]

SMASH, Ditto, ( 🤔 How Can WE Make That Happen 🤔 )

[@bobbiegreen3985]

Trump - He said they were guilty .Well!!! So is he&still saying til this day.

[@ceebee4578]

Agreed

[@truththechosen5338]

But Remember Brock Turner was actually caught in the act and did no jail time

[@terah101]

Linda was offered the chance to be a part of When They See Us. The director called her and asked if she could come and truthfully explain what happened from her perspective, so they could get her depiction as accurate as possible. She refused. Now she's complaining about how she was represented on the series. Instead of holding her hands up and admitting she made a mistake, she still thinks they're guilty.

[@trisha1989]

Karma is undefeated! I hope they review her previous cases for misconduct. #CancelLindaFairstein #IStandWithAva ✊🏾

[@betalemu566]

The truth always comes out! Love always triumph over hate and evil

[@balthorpayne]

To all you "Just comply" types out there, this is why the system isn't trusted at large. If you live in a bubble where you and your neighbors don't see the ugly side of "Justice", stop commenting what you FEEL on how other people react to what they SEE.

[@rissaceehart4076]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@EricFortuneJr.]

I just watched the series on Netflix.. It’s emotionally difficult just to see it so I couldn’t even imagine the emotional pain, mental and physical trauma these 5 brothers had go through. I don’t want to imagine what it’s like being accused, convicted and spending time in a place you know you shouldn’t be. $7 million each really isn’t enough. What’s scary is this could happen to any Black or Latino man at any moment.

[@michaelotieno6524]

'........How can a finding of wrong doing against the prosecutors be made if there has been no independent investigation against them...."

[@michaelotieno6524]

@K41 My point is that WHY are they saying there was NO WRONGDOING yet there was NO INVESTIGATION into the prosecutor and cops conduct. By saying there was no wrongdoing they are taking party in a continued cover up.

[@deeh5557]

Hmm 🤔 GREAT Point! But you know that is, some Jim-Crow B.S.

[@brian_Austin27]

Trump always has something to do with stuff like this 🤨🤔

[@alloutbrawlentertainment5968]

Everyone's A Suspect.

[@12brutalrounds87]

@Frank Martinez apparently you are, tRUMP did have something to do with this!!!!

[@12brutalrounds87]

My bad I didn't notice that it was you who also said the "are you that stupid" thought it was someone asking you thata...whoops.

[@brian_Austin27]

@Frank Martinez What do u mean I meant he always has something to do with stuff like this

[@shyanedelva850]

The fact that she, " resigned" and wasnt fired and thrown into jail shows how even 25 years later, nothing has changed.

[@alientitimilk9073]

Cant believe she’s talking about accuracy and proper research

[@jl.8137]

Now tables are turned on her and she doesn't like it. Remember what goes around comes around. I hope she gets prison time for putting innocent children in prison.

[@tobydion3009]

And no one ever apologized, 41 million doesn't make up for the horror they went through, the damage it did to their lives, and their families. These are just the 5 that people know of, what further damage did the city and Prosecutor caused to others. My uncle in St. Louis told me of people being told to confess to crimes they didn't commit when I was a kid, I thought it was just that area, but it's apparently more wide spread than one would be lead to believe.

[@lifesjourney5941]

This truth hurts so many of us even now! May God restore our brothers to the fullest❤❤❤

[@aquarian1820]

Indeed. Amen.

[@HH-vg5sb]

WHAT A HUGE CRIME to force a person to lie on themselves about a crime that they did not commit. That action caused those innocent individuals GREAT harm. She is not innocent and owes a HUGE debt to those men.

[@sharonechols413]

For all the evil participants in this case, “Hell’s FIRE await you.”

[@emman4124]

Yep

[@msztax]

Yea. Shame on you. She was all for it. Corey being the "glue" to stick the case. 25 takes to get it right before the hour plus long confession they showed in court. I'm glad she resigned. She need to be in jail. I hope all her case files are being reevaluated. Cause I'm sure these 5 weren't the 1st.

[@coachgregtv1198]

This lady should be in prison herself. Doctoring tapes, changing crime scenes, coercing confessions from kids without their parents around. I mean Really! Who needs to be in jail here?

[@supercharger5727]

She needs to be on trial

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Wait, how can Fairsteins attorney say that accuracy was compromised when the people depicted in the series are RIGHT THERE?!

[@aninfinitelyvixxedvip6]

Well, she meant that they "made" her look fro what she was

[@siobhanc777]

Innocent ppl don't quit, run n hide...they face the situation unless they are guilty of ruining 5 peoples lives!!

[@mema3832]

@Mrs. Newton Shays my Name is saying that Fairsten resigned because she's guilty of ruining the lives of these men. If she were in fact convinced they were guilty, as she still claims, she would stand her ground. Clearer now?

[@kayhicks8869]

@Mrs. Newton makes tons of it...

[@rashidahmed9540]

Who knew being black was such a crime? May God punish those who have wronged us....

[@O-Dini]

The first thing the Board asks you “ARE YOU READY TO ADMIT AND TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FIR YOUR CRIME OR CRIMES”, when are the rest of them gonna take responsibility for their crimes of creating this hysteria on these men! Those who are involved in the malicious prosecution of the CP5.... One things for certain, I bet NONE of them have mirrors in their homes!!! How could they look at themselves after what they did and feel nothing!!!! They need to Stop running from themselves! We all know what they done!

[@tttttttttttttttt5634]

Are we surprised that they are defending one another??? Its what they do until one person becomes to toxic and indefensible which is when they turn on them to save themselves from backlash...They are in the same circles

[@randalldegroat8878]

BadBadLeroyBrown Plus.. this opens it up for all her cases to be looked at and possibly overturned. They are protecting the Office more than her. But if they can’t.. they will turn their back on her and suddenly become defenders of the people🤣

[@BeckyLaujj]

It's more than one person's fault, not only does it involve her but others as well. They should be exposed!!! Justice is needed!!!

[@beamersbeamer6514]

Beckit Lauj she was the head of the case, she called the shots

[@LISE4849]

She's as fiction as her books, she derived from her imagination that the five young men were guilty and changed the true events to make it stick. She handled this case like she was writing her next fiction novel. They were not young men in her eyes they were characters. I hope her next novel titles: Waking up to reality in a 4 x 6 cell.

[@aquarian1820]

Right.

[@jacobwright3265]

They will never know the pain until their children or grandchildren are in the same situation or worse.

[@jameysummers1577]

Let's not pretend that prosecutors could care less if you are guilty. They want that guilty verdict whether you're innocent or not. About the being black thing, it is a shame that this is the way things have gone in our country.

[@alievansphotography4780]

Jamey this is how things have been in this country for quite some time. In 2016 a young black male was released after spending 9 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was 15 at the time and was accused of killing four people... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIeaeK2bpdx5prc

[@Starfire10982]

Jamey Summers It’s BEEN this way since Jim Crow. This is nothing surprising. This is just the first time we’ve seen any resemblance of justice and even then this isn’t the full justice they deserve. They deserve more money. Trump deserves to be impeached. Fairstein deserves jail. And so does Eizabeth Lederer.

[@jeffthornton6998]

Soooooo; the DA didn’t find any wrongdoing or unprofessionalism. Well guess what. He wouldn’t admit it even if he did. That’s the way DAs work.

[@zutrue]

I read a story of a person who found a diamond in a common area. I read story of a little girl who found a Viking sword that was thousands of years old and intact. Mr. Vance says: no evidence was found of misconduct by prosecutors. Well...how many stories have you read of people finding things? Thousands, hundreds of thousands of people walk around and over that diamond. But only one person found it. Now...thing is it was always there.

[@beckycorinagarcia2157]

the audacity her lawyer has saying that the Netflix series is a disservice to us by betraying her the way they did is unbelievable!!

[@alloutbrawlentertainment5968]

Put Her In Jail, Simple.

[@freethinker1098]

While we are canceling Linda Fairstein, we also need to address Lisa Evers of Hot 97/Fox 5 fame as well. She was a member of The Guardian Angels in the 1980’s and applauded when the now Exonerated Central Park Five were originally convicted. Please refer to the Ken Burns Central Park Five Documentary and The Raymond Santana Episode of The Combat Jack Show Podcast.

[@kellygoodman6167]

I'm gonna look her up

[@JenJHayden]

hot 97 lisa? sad.

[@freethinker1098]

kelly Goodman please do. Listen to the Raymond Santana interview on The Combat Jack Show then Listen to the Lisa Evers interview on The Combat Jack Show. She was reluctant to apologize for that. Don’t take my word for it, research yourself. The proof is right there.

[@BigOso203]

False imprisonment should lead to the accuser getting the same amount of time TRUE victims spent in jail for a crime they didn't commit. Theres no other way to stop ppl from preying on others... if there is I'm open to opinions

[@thenewjord50]

She needs to be locked up. If you lie as a prosecutor you should be held accountable

[@guitardude95cool]

"and should be ashamed by their irresponsibly in failing to properly research" Though the same thing costs these men their childhood. :thinking: